as a means
Example Sentences
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In a period defined by government crackdowns on free speech, technological data mining and increasing 1st Amendment lawsuit filings, workshop attendees may use samizdat as a means of subversion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
In the report published after Dugas’ death in 1984, he was referred to as “patient O”—which stood for “outside of California,” simply as a means of identifying him.
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026
Treasury said last week that it would double its buyback of longer-dated Treasurys as a means of bringing down yields.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
The local council has in fact come up with a plan to attract even more to this corner of the west of Scotland as a means of stemming its falling population.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Strict separation of the races would have threatened slaveholders’ immediate interests and was, in any event, wholly unnecessary as a means of creating social distance or establishing the inferior status of slaves.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
